Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:24:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alejandro_Ram=EDrez?= <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: ". ." <corinthian420@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Need help with Root shell? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905270023260.514-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <01ae01bea791$d973e420$f9a3f9cf@megared.net.mx>
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His problem isn't with the password, his problem is that "/bin/bash" doesn't exist on FreeBSD boxen. The only shells that live in /bin are csh and sh. Login is complainint that it can't find a valid shell. On Wed, 26 May 1999, Alejandro Ram=EDrez wrote: :Completing... : : Change root passwd and change anything in the /etc/passwd file, you ma= y :use vipw, or rebuild the paswd by hand : :Ales : :----- Original Message ----- :From: . . <corinthian420@hotmail.com> :To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> :Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:00 AM :Subject: Need help with Root shell? : : :> Please Help. :> I dont know what I did, my BSD box has not been rebooted in a while so i= t :> could have been anything in the past few weeks! The last thing I was doi= ng :> was adding users. But now I can not log in as root! I get an error :> "login: /bin/bash [-login]: no such file or directory :> :> I have no idea how that [-login] got in there but I suspect that has :> something to do with it. .I tried to remove it from /etc/passwd but :ofcourse :> I have to be SU to do that and I can not SU for the same reason I can no= t :> get root. :> :> Obviously I am fairly new at this... but any help would be appreciated! :> thanks in advance :> :> corinthian420@hotmail.com :> :> :> _______________________________________________________________ :> Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com :> :> :> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message : : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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